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Turkey’s S-Sport cancels NBA coverage after Erdogan critic and player Enes Kanter’s team advances. Multiple US news outlets on May 14 carried reports on how the NBA's Western Conference finals will not be televised in Turkey because they will feature the Portland Trail Blazers' Enes Kanter, a Turk who is an outspoken critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan administration officials have in the past responded angrily to Kanter’s remarks about the president and have accused him of having terrorist links to the group they claim orchestrated the 2016 attempted coup, which Kanter has denied.
Turkish wholesale traders partly to blame for vegetable price inflation in Iran says official. A senior Iranian agricultural official has pointed the finger at Turkish wholesale traders as partly responsible for steep increases seen in vegetable prices in Iran, ILNA reported on May 29.
3.0 Macro Economy
Turkey - Main Macro Indicators
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Q1
GDP Growth (y/y)
8.49
5.17
6.09
3.18
7.44
2.57
-2.62
GDP (per capita, $)
12,395
12,022
10,915
10,817
10,537
9,346
8,507
GDP (current prices, TRYbn)
1,810
2,044
2,339
2,609
3,107
3,701
915
GDP (current prices, $bn)
950
934
859
863
852
766
-
CPI Inflation (%)
7.4
8.2
8.8
8.5
11.9
20.3
19.7
Population (mn)
76.7
77.7
78.7
79.8
80.8
82.0
-
Unemployment Rate (%)
9.0
9.9
10.3
10.9
10.9
11.0
14.7
CA Deficit (USD bn)
-63.6
-43.6
-32.1
-33.1
-47.3
-27.8
-1.94
Budget Deficit (TRYbn)
-18.5
-22.7
-23.5
-29.9
-47.8
-72.6
-36.2
source: imf, tuik, treasury, central bank
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